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, and is one of the village's largest employers.

History

Aaron Halperin, who immigrated to the United States from

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in the 1890s, founded the company in 1915. The company performed a number of high-profile assignments, including installing lighting systems in

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. It also lit State Street in Chicago in 1958, making it – according to the ''

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'' – the brightest thoroughfare in the world. In 2007, it had 250 employees.

Executives

Aaron Halperin, its founder, was President of the company. Allan L. Golinkin served as its Secretary and Supervisor of Construction in the early 1920s.

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was an executive of the company. He became the company's President in 1959, and rose to become its Chairman in the 1960s. In 1989, Tom Halperin was its President.

References

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